[ { "id": "P01", "title": "Current assessor parcels: 420 and 424 State Road", "date": "FY2026", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MVPCS_parcels_FY2026.geojson" ], "url": "https://services1.arcgis.com/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/Massachusetts_Property_Tax_Parcels/FeatureServer/0", "notes": "Town 327. Parcels 16-96 and 16-96-3, owner Options in Education Inc. Assessor geometry is not a legal survey. Both cite one deed: Book 675, page 665, 29 April 1996, $240,000. Reported lot areas sum to 316,245 sq ft (7.26 acres).", "rights": "MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information), Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOTSS", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "P02", "title": "1996 acquisition deed: registry index and document details", "date": "1996-04-29", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [ "02_Public_Records/MVPCS_1996_deed_index.jpg", "02_Public_Records/MVPCS_1996_deed_index.txt" ], "url": "https://www.masslandrecords.com/Dukes/", "notes": "Book 675/page 665; document 2683; two pages; $240,000. Grantors indexed as Cournoyer Mary E TRS and Middletown Village Trust; grantee Options in Education Inc. Easement reference 682/724. This is an index screenshot, NOT the deed instrument or a survey. Viewer failed; full deed scan was not acquired.", "rights": "Public registry record; interface © Avenu Insights & Analytics. Screenshot retained as research evidence.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "A2025", "title": "2025 aerial orthophotography", "date": "2025", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2025_aerial.jpg", "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2025_aerial.jgw", "06_Visual_Plates/2025_aerial_parcel_plate.jpg", "06_Visual_Plates/2025_aerial_overlay.jpg" ], "url": "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/Massachusetts_Aerial_Imagery_2025/MapServer", "notes": "Georeferenced tile mosaic at zoom 18, 914 × 914 pixels. Unmarked original and derived parcel overlay supplied. Same extent for all nine dates. Dataset year or year range; an exact local flight day was not established.", "rights": "MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information), Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOTSS; public MassGIS imagery, subject to source metadata.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "A2023", "title": "2023 aerial orthophotography", "date": "2023", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2023_aerial.jpg", "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2023_aerial.jgw", "06_Visual_Plates/2023_aerial_parcel_plate.jpg", "06_Visual_Plates/2023_aerial_overlay.jpg" ], "url": "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/orthos2023/MapServer", "notes": "Georeferenced tile mosaic at zoom 18, 914 × 914 pixels. Unmarked original and derived parcel overlay supplied. Same extent for all nine dates. Dataset year or year range; an exact local flight day was not established.", "rights": "MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information), Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOTSS; public MassGIS imagery, subject to source metadata.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "A2021", "title": "2021 aerial orthophotography", "date": "2021", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2021_aerial.jpg", "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2021_aerial.jgw", "06_Visual_Plates/2021_aerial_parcel_plate.jpg", "06_Visual_Plates/2021_aerial_overlay.jpg" ], "url": "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/orthos2021/MapServer", "notes": "Georeferenced tile mosaic at zoom 18, 914 × 914 pixels. Unmarked original and derived parcel overlay supplied. Same extent for all nine dates. Dataset year or year range; an exact local flight day was not established.", "rights": "MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information), Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOTSS; public MassGIS imagery, subject to source metadata.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "A2019", "title": "2019 aerial orthophotography", "date": "2019", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2019_aerial.jpg", "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2019_aerial.jgw", "06_Visual_Plates/2019_aerial_parcel_plate.jpg", "06_Visual_Plates/2019_aerial_overlay.jpg" ], "url": "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/USGS_Orthos_2019/MapServer", "notes": "Georeferenced tile mosaic at zoom 18, 914 × 914 pixels. Unmarked original and derived parcel overlay supplied. Same extent for all nine dates. Dataset year or year range; an exact local flight day was not established.", "rights": "MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information), Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOTSS; public MassGIS imagery, subject to source metadata.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "A2013_2014", "title": "2013–2014 aerial orthophotography", "date": "2013–2014", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2013_2014_aerial.jpg", "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2013_2014_aerial.jgw", "06_Visual_Plates/2013_2014_aerial_parcel_plate.jpg", "06_Visual_Plates/2013_2014_aerial_overlay.jpg" ], "url": "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/USGS_Orthos_2013_2014/MapServer", "notes": "Georeferenced tile mosaic at zoom 18, 914 × 914 pixels. Unmarked original and derived parcel overlay supplied. Same extent for all nine dates. Dataset year or year range; an exact local flight day was not established.", "rights": "MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information), Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOTSS; public MassGIS imagery, subject to source metadata.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "A2008_2009", "title": "2008–2009 aerial orthophotography", "date": "2008–2009", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2008_2009_aerial.jpg", "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2008_2009_aerial.jgw", "06_Visual_Plates/2008_2009_aerial_parcel_plate.jpg", "06_Visual_Plates/2008_2009_aerial_overlay.jpg" ], "url": "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/coq0809_from_sids_package/MapServer", "notes": "Georeferenced tile mosaic at zoom 18, 914 × 914 pixels. Unmarked original and derived parcel overlay supplied. Same extent for all nine dates. Dataset year or year range; an exact local flight day was not established.", "rights": "MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information), Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOTSS; public MassGIS imagery, subject to source metadata.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "A2005", "title": "2005 aerial orthophotography", "date": "2005", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2005_aerial.jpg", "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2005_aerial.jgw", "06_Visual_Plates/2005_aerial_parcel_plate.jpg", "06_Visual_Plates/2005_aerial_overlay.jpg" ], "url": "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/orthos2005_tile_package/MapServer", "notes": "Georeferenced tile mosaic at zoom 18, 914 × 914 pixels. Unmarked original and derived parcel overlay supplied. Same extent for all nine dates. Dataset year or year range; an exact local flight day was not established.", "rights": "MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information), Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOTSS; public MassGIS imagery, subject to source metadata.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "A2003", "title": "2003 aerial orthophotography", "date": "2003", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2003_aerial.jpg", "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_2003_aerial.jgw", "06_Visual_Plates/2003_aerial_parcel_plate.jpg", "06_Visual_Plates/2003_aerial_overlay.jpg" ], "url": "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/orthos_2001_tile_package/MapServer", "notes": "Georeferenced tile mosaic at zoom 18, 914 × 914 pixels. Unmarked original and derived parcel overlay supplied. Same extent for all nine dates. MassGIS 2001/2003 metadata: island photography acquired April 2003", "rights": "MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information), Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOTSS; public MassGIS imagery, subject to source metadata.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "A1999", "title": "1999 aerial orthophotography", "date": "1999", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_1999_aerial.jpg", "01_Maps_and_Imagery/MassGIS_1999_aerial.jgw", "06_Visual_Plates/1999_aerial_parcel_plate.jpg", "06_Visual_Plates/1999_aerial_overlay.jpg" ], "url": "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/BW_Orthos_Tile_Package/MapServer", "notes": "Georeferenced tile mosaic at zoom 18, 914 × 914 pixels. Unmarked original and derived parcel overlay supplied. Same extent for all nine dates. MassGIS statewide flight-status map (2000)", "rights": "MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information), Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOTSS; public MassGIS imagery, subject to source metadata.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "A-DATE", "title": "MassGIS flight-status map establishes the Vineyard image year as 1999", "date": "2000-04-13", "scope": "Date verification", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/1990s_flight_status.pdf", "06_Visual_Plates/1999_aerial_date_evidence.png" ], "url": "https://www.mass.gov/doc/stoqpdf/download", "notes": "Vineyard coverage is colored for 1999; the service name alone says only 1990s.", "rights": "MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information), Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOTSS", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "A-2003-DATE", "title": "MassGIS 2001/2003 imagery metadata", "date": "2003", "scope": "Date verification", "files": [], "url": "https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-2001-2003-aerial-imagery", "notes": "The metadata specifies April 2003 photography for the islands. The service name is orthos_2001_tile_package. Collection filenames use the island acquisition year, 2003.", "rights": "MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information), Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOTSS", "status": "Reference / metadata checked", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "S01", "title": "Sentinel-2 cloudless annual satellite mosaic", "date": "2024", "scope": "Vicinity", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/Sentinel2_2024_regional_satellite.jpg", "06_Visual_Plates/2024_satellite_parcel_plate.jpg" ], "url": "https://tiles.maps.eox.at/wms?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=s2cloudless-2024_3857&STYLES=&SRS=EPSG%3A3857&BBOX=-7868356.187735867%2C5072421.571613012%2C-7864356.187735867%2C5076421.571613012&WIDTH=1200&HEIGHT=1200&FORMAT=image%2Fjpeg", "notes": "Regional satellite context, about 3 km across on the ground. Annual mosaic, not one exposure or a live image. Approximately 10 m source pixels; WMS display pixels are smaller. Sentinel-2 cloudless - https://s2maps.eu by EOX IT Services GmbH (Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024)", "rights": "Sentinel-2 cloudless - https://s2maps.eu by EOX IT Services GmbH (Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024); CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "T1951", "title": "USGS Vineyard Haven quadrangle", "date": "1951", "scope": "Exact tract / vicinity", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/USGS_Vineyard_Haven_1951_printed1952.pdf", "01_Maps_and_Imagery/USGS_1951_school_vicinity_unmarked.jpg", "06_Visual_Plates/USGS_1951_school_vicinity_overlay.jpg" ], "url": "https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/PDF/MA/31680/MA_Vineyard%20Haven_463101_1951_31680_geo.pdf", "notes": "Surveyed 1942; revised 1951; the USGS record identifies a 1952 print. Scale 1:31,680. This edition does not show forest shading: white ground must not be read as cleared land. Magenta parcel overlay is a modern reconstruction from FY2026 geometry, not a historical boundary or surveyed alignment. Full original geospatial PDF included.", "rights": "USGS; United States government work, public domain.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "T1972", "title": "USGS Vineyard Haven quadrangle", "date": "1972", "scope": "Exact tract / vicinity", "files": [ "01_Maps_and_Imagery/USGS_Vineyard_Haven_1972_25000.pdf", "01_Maps_and_Imagery/USGS_1972_school_vicinity_unmarked.jpg", "06_Visual_Plates/USGS_1972_school_vicinity_overlay.jpg" ], "url": "https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/PDF/MA/25000/MA_Vineyard%20Haven_351378_1972_25000_geo.pdf", "notes": "Planimetry from 1939 aerials and 1942 field work; revised from 1969 aerial photographs; field checked 1972. Scale 1:25,000. Green woodland tint crosses the current school parcels. Map scale and labels limit interpretation of individual small structures. Magenta parcel overlay is a modern reconstruction from FY2026 geometry, not a historical boundary or surveyed alignment. Full original geospatial PDF included.", "rights": "USGS; United States government work, public domain.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "D25152j880", "title": "Plan of Tisbury made by Thomas Dunham, dated April 1831", "date": "April 1831", "scope": "Regional / nearby context", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/1831_Dunham_Plan_of_Tisbury_p01.jpg" ], "url": "https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/25152j880", "notes": "A town plan from before West Tisbury separated from Tisbury in 1892. Broad location context; no parcel-level georeferencing performed.", "rights": "No known copyright restrictions. / No known restrictions on use.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "D79408315w", "title": "Eldridge's map of Martha's Vineyard", "date": "1913", "scope": "Regional / nearby context", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/1913_Eldridge_Vineyard_Map_p01.jpg" ], "url": "https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/79408315w", "notes": "Island map and historic road geography. Does not establish the owner or use of the exact modern school lots.", "rights": "No known copyright restrictions. / No known restrictions on use.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "Dc821mx42g", "title": "Chappaquiddick and Christiantown - Letter to Gov. Elbridge Gerry from Chappaquiddick and Christiantown Indians, October 28, 1811", "date": "October 28, 1811", "scope": "Regional / nearby context", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/1811_Wampanoag_Letter_to_Governor_p01.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1811_Wampanoag_Letter_to_Governor_p02.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1811_Wampanoag_Letter_to_Governor_p03.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1811_Wampanoag_Letter_to_Governor_p04.jpg" ], "url": "https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/c821mx42g", "notes": "All four scans acquired. Community correspondence relating to Christiantown and Chappaquiddick, not a conveyance of the school parcel.", "rights": "No known copyright restrictions. / No known restrictions on use.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "D7366dr72r", "title": "Report- Christiantown Indians", "date": "1861", "scope": "Regional / nearby context", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p01.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p02.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p03.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p04.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p05.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p06.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p07.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p08.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p09.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p10.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p11.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p12.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p13.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p14.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p15.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1861_Christiantown_Report_p16.jpg" ], "url": "https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7366dr72r", "notes": "All sixteen scans acquired. Government report about Christiantown; not proof that the present school tract belonged to or was used by a particular person.", "rights": "No known copyright restrictions. / No known restrictions on use.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "D7h149z539", "title": "[Chart of Nantucket Island and the eastern half of Martha's Vineyard]", "date": "1776", "scope": "Regional / nearby context", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/1776_Nantucket_Eastern_Vineyard_Chart_p01.jpg" ], "url": "https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7h149z539", "notes": "Eastern Vineyard / Nantucket chart. Regional coastal context only; its coverage and scale do not resolve the school tract.", "rights": "No known copyright restrictions. / No known restrictions on use.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "Dz890s049v", "title": "Mayhew Chapel, Christiantown", "date": "[ca. 1890–1940]", "scope": "Regional / nearby context", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/circa1890_1940_Christiantown_Chapel_p01.jpg" ], "url": "https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/z890s049v", "notes": "Nearby Christiantown chapel, not a prior building on the school site. Date range follows the repository catalog, circa 1890–1940. Photographer Edward Lee Luce; Martha’s Vineyard Museum.", "rights": "Rights status not evaluated. / Contact host institution for more information.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "D0p09bk77g", "title": "Chappaquiddick and Christiantown - Inventory of Estate Ownership, 1828", "date": "December 15, 1828–December 16, 1828", "scope": "Regional / nearby context", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/1828_Christiantown_Chappaquiddick_Estate_Inventory_p01.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1828_Christiantown_Chappaquiddick_Estate_Inventory_p02.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1828_Christiantown_Chappaquiddick_Estate_Inventory_p03.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1828_Christiantown_Chappaquiddick_Estate_Inventory_p04.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1828_Christiantown_Chappaquiddick_Estate_Inventory_p05.jpg", "04_Historical_Context/1828_Christiantown_Chappaquiddick_Estate_Inventory_p06.jpg" ], "url": "https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/0p09bk77g", "notes": "All six scans acquired. A community property inventory for Christiantown and Chappaquiddick, listing household dwellings, improved land, woodland and livestock. The word estate refers to property here; this is not a will or an established decedent probate inventory. It has not been linked to the school title chain.", "rights": "No known copyright restrictions. / No known restrictions on use.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "Dpc28bt615", "title": "North Tisbury to Seven Gates Farm", "date": "October 7, 2011", "scope": "Regional / nearby context", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/2011_North_Tisbury_Seven_Gates_Aerial_p01.jpg" ], "url": "https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/pc28bt615", "notes": "Unaltered regional oblique aerial, North Tisbury to Seven Gates Farm. The school footprint has not been located in this photograph. Attribution: David R. Foster, Harvard University.", "rights": "Copyright (c) David R. Foster / This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND). / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "H1698", "title": "Simon Athearn map of Martha’s Vineyard", "date": "1698", "scope": "Regional context", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/1698_Simon_Athearn_Vineyard_Map.jpg" ], "url": "https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1698_Simon_Athearn_Marthas_Vineyard_1698_001full.jpg", "notes": "Photographic reproduction; modern caption below the image cropped out. Glare and limited resolution are inherited from the reproduction. Historical original is old enough to be public domain; acknowledge Harvard Forest as the reproduction source.", "rights": "Historical map reproduction supplied by Harvard Forest; no separate image license stated on the retrieved page.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "H1781", "title": "Des Barres: Buzzards Bay and western Martha’s Vineyard", "date": "1781", "scope": "Regional context", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/1781_DesBarres_Western_Vineyard.jpg" ], "url": "https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1781_Des_Barres_Buzzards_Bay_Western_Marthas_Vineyard_small.jpg", "notes": "Small reproduction. Useful for regional landform and coastal context; no exact school-site claim. Historical original is old enough to be public domain; acknowledge Harvard Forest as the reproduction source.", "rights": "Historical map reproduction supplied by Harvard Forest; no separate image license stated on the retrieved page.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "H1850", "title": "Henry Laurens Whiting landscape map reproduction", "date": "circa 1850", "scope": "Regional context", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/Whiting_1850_map.jpg" ], "url": "https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1850map.jpg", "notes": "Hosted reproduction associated with Whiting’s mid-nineteenth-century surveys. The source discusses surveys of 1844–1852 and a later chart. Do not treat the file label as an exact date for every mapped feature. Historical original is old enough to be public domain; acknowledge Harvard Forest as the reproduction source.", "rights": "Historical map reproduction supplied by Harvard Forest; no separate image license stated on the retrieved page.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "H1858", "title": "Walling map of Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties", "date": "1858", "scope": "Regional context", "files": [ "04_Historical_Context/1858_Walling_County_Map.jpg" ], "url": "https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1858_Walling_Barnstable_Dukes_and_Nantucket_Counties_small.jpg", "notes": "Low-resolution regional reproduction. Too coarse to establish a building or ownership at the school footprint. Historical original is old enough to be public domain; acknowledge Harvard Forest as the reproduction source.", "rights": "Historical map reproduction supplied by Harvard Forest; no separate image license stated on the retrieved page.", "status": "Acquired", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "N1995", "title": "New Charter School Makes Progress", "date": "1995-12-08", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [], "url": "https://vineyardgazette.com/news/1995/12/08/new-charter-school-makes-progress", "notes": "Contemporary report: the organizers were still looking for a location after examining about 25 possibilities.", "rights": "Vineyard Gazette; article copyright retained by publisher. Short reference and paraphrase only.", "status": "Reference / article checked", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "N1996a", "title": "Vineyard Public Charter School Opens Admissions for Fall Term", "date": "1996-02-09", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [], "url": "https://vineyardgazette.com/news/1996/02/09/vineyard-public-charter-school-opens-admissions-fall-term", "notes": "Reports selection of a State Road site near Indian Hill and Lambert’s Cove, with modular classrooms planned.", "rights": "Vineyard Gazette; article copyright retained by publisher. Short reference and paraphrase only.", "status": "Reference / article checked", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "N1996b", "title": "Public Charter School Is Days Away from Island Launch", "date": "1996-09-06", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [ "03_Newspaper_References/MVPCS_Gazette_1996_09_06_headline.jpg" ], "url": "https://vineyardgazette.com/news/1996/09/06/public-charter-school-days-away-island-launch", "notes": "Describes new school construction in wooded surroundings: a post-and-beam central area and four portable classrooms. Headline/byline/date screenshot included; article text remains at the publisher.", "rights": "Vineyard Gazette; article copyright retained by publisher. Short reference and paraphrase only.", "status": "Headline screenshot + reference", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "N1997", "title": "Island Public Charter School Wins Permission for Expansion", "date": "1997-07-25", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [], "url": "https://vineyardgazette.com/news/1997/07/25/island-public-charter-school-wins-permission-expansion", "notes": "Reports permission for a 36-by-32-foot classroom addition.", "rights": "Vineyard Gazette; article copyright retained by publisher. Short reference and paraphrase only.", "status": "Reference / article checked", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "N2009", "title": "Charter School Cuts Ribbon on Four Brand New Classrooms", "date": "2009-09-17", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [], "url": "https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2009/09/17/charter-school-cuts-ribbon-four-brand-new-classrooms", "notes": "Reports a roughly 3,500-square-foot addition with four elementary classrooms and supporting spaces.", "rights": "Vineyard Gazette; article copyright retained by publisher. Short reference and paraphrase only.", "status": "Reference / article checked", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-SCHOOL", "title": "MVPCS school history", "date": "1996 / retrospective", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [], "url": "https://mvpcs.org/?p=250", "notes": "School account gives opening date as 16 September 1996.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-OIE", "title": "Options in Education: organizational history", "date": "Retrospective", "scope": "Exact tract", "files": [], "url": "https://www.mvoptionsineducation.org/about-oie", "notes": "Retrospective account places land/construction activity in 1995. The dated 1996 deed, assessor year-built field, and contemporary newspaper reports support 1996 for acquisition and opening; retain the discrepancy rather than silently combine the dates.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-TOWN", "title": "West Tisbury town history", "date": "1671 / 1892", "scope": "Regional context", "files": [], "url": "https://www.westtisbury-ma.gov/about_west_tisbury/history.php", "notes": "Tisbury dates to 1671; West Tisbury became a separate town in 1892. Earlier records may therefore be under Tisbury.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-TRIBE", "title": "Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah): history", "date": "Deep history / present", "scope": "Regional context", "files": [], "url": "https://wampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/wampanoag-history", "notes": "Tribal account describes at least 10,000 years of Wampanoag presence on Noepe. This is Island-wide history, not archaeological evidence excavated from the school parcel.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-CHRIST", "title": "Christiantown Woods Preserve", "date": "1659 / later", "scope": "Nearby context", "files": [], "url": "https://www.mvlandbank.com/properties/christiantown-woods-preserve", "notes": "Land Bank history places the neighboring Christiantown community in a seventeenth-century setting. No historical reservation boundary has been matched to the school lots in this collection.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-HF", "title": "Harvard Forest historical maps collection", "date": "1698–1901", "scope": "Regional context", "files": [], "url": "https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/education-opportunities/classic-outreach-resources/marthas-vineyard/historical-maps/", "notes": "Repository page for the Athearn, Des Barres, Whiting and Walling reproductions.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-WHITING", "title": "Harvard Forest: Whiting’s landscape map", "date": "1844–1860", "scope": "Regional context", "files": [], "url": "https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/education-opportunities/classic-outreach-resources/marthas-vineyard/1850-map-henry-laurens-whiting/", "notes": "Explains Whiting survey history and the landscape reconstruction. The reproduction in this cache is not sufficiently georeferenced for a parcel-level land-use assertion.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-MVM", "title": "Martha’s Vineyard Museum maps collection index", "date": "Various", "scope": "Unverified leads", "files": [], "url": "https://mvmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Maps_Collection_Index.pdf", "notes": "Catalog leads: 1985 assessor map 2012.035.017; 1895 West Tisbury Road 2012.035.033; 1896 Middletown Road 2012.035.027; circa-1900 Quannowill/Mingo Christiantown map 2012.035.014 and annotations 2012.035.013; Banks reconstruction of Christiantown in 1709, 2012.035.012. Images not acquired, and overlap with the exact school land is unverified.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-TISBURY", "title": "Tisbury town records finding aid", "date": "1669–1927", "scope": "Unverified leads", "files": [], "url": "https://mvmuseum.org/EAD_FindingAids/findingaid_get.php?record-unit=RU505", "notes": "Potential route to early town land divisions. No document from this collection was matched to the school tract in this research.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-MVC2004", "title": "Martha’s Vineyard Commission minutes", "date": "2004-04-15", "scope": "Exact tract / reference", "files": [], "url": "https://www.mvcommission.org/sites/default/files/docs/2004-04-15%20MVC%20Minutes.pdf", "notes": "Indexed text describes DRI 423-M5, a 750-square-foot addition and kindergarten trailer removal. Original PDF download denied (HTTP 403); not in cache.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-MVC2008", "title": "Martha’s Vineyard Commission minutes", "date": "2008-06-12", "scope": "Exact tract / reference", "files": [], "url": "https://www.mvcommission.org/sites/default/files/docs/Commission_2008_06_12.pdf", "notes": "Relevant school expansion record identified; PDF download denied (HTTP 403). Not in cache.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-MVC2014", "title": "Martha’s Vineyard Commission minutes", "date": "2014-05-08", "scope": "Exact tract / reference", "files": [], "url": "https://www.mvcommission.org/sites/default/files/docs/Commission_2014_05_08.pdf", "notes": "Indexed text describes DRI 423-M7 and a 2,090-square-foot science addition. Original PDF download denied (HTTP 403); not in cache.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-2026", "title": "West Tisbury planning agenda", "date": "2026-02-05", "scope": "Exact tract / reference", "files": [], "url": "https://www.westtisbury-ma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/ArchivedAgenda/_02052026-864", "notes": "Search-index text referred to 317-square-foot conference and 734-square-foot office additions on map 16, lots 96 and 96.3. Original returned HTTP 404. This is a proposal reference, not proof of completed work.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" }, { "id": "R-1994", "title": "1994 coastal aerial service", "date": "1994", "scope": "Exact tract / gap", "files": [], "url": "https://arcgisserver.digital.mass.gov/arcgisserver/rest/services/AGOL/ColorCoastalImagery1994/ImageServer", "notes": "Queries in two coordinate systems returned blank NoData at the school tract. No 1994 image is included; this is not proof that no usable 1994 photograph exists elsewhere.", "rights": "Source retains its stated rights; reference only.", "status": "Reference / not cached", "accessed": "2026-09-23" } ]